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SCHEGALIA

\ʃɛɡˈe͡ɪli͡ə], \ʃɛɡˈe‍ɪli‍ə], \ʃ_ɛ_ɡ_ˈeɪ_l_iə]\

Definitions of SCHEGALIA

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language

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shle-g[=a]'li-a, n. a genus of birds of Paradise. [Named from the Dutch ornithologist Hermann Schlegel (1805-84).]

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

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